Focus on: Tamara Christensen
Phoenix, AZ
Tamara Christensen is on a mission to transform the way it feels to work. The founder of Idea Farm, she is a passionate and empathetic facilitator, trainer, speaker and author. Tamara has nearly 20 years of experience blending design thinking, creative problem solving, collaboration, and research to help organizations build innovation capabilities and apply them to complex business challenges.
Tamara works with a range of organizations from small not-for-profits and local businesses to global Fortune 100 companies including Honeywell and 3M. In addition to an MSD in Design Thinking and doctoral studies in teaching creativity, she has earned various facilitation certifications including the Integrating Creative Leadership program at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), Lego® Serious Play® methods and materials and the Stormz digital collaboration tool for large groups and events.
Tamara presents at events around the globe including CPSI, CREA and Mindcamp. She has been described metaphorically as a glass of prosecco, a whirling dervish and a sharpie. Tamara’s book, F-ing Innovation: Why innovation is hard and what to do about it is now available on Amazon.
Tamara Christensen has presented:
- Sense-ational Svadhyaya: A journey of self-study through the 5 senses (2019)
- Embodying Failure: Making sense of leadership through imperfection (2018)
- Scentstorming (2017)
- WWJaJD? What Would Joe and Jeanne Do? (2017)
- Your Facilitator Fantasy (2015)
- Feel This Creativity: Brainstorming across the senses (2010)